Applejack and Rarity were walking down to the Ponyville lake to have a romantic picnic at the shore after their spa treatment.
“Darling, you really should get your mane done more often. It looks magnificent!” the unicorn told her marefriend.
“Aww, thanks sugar cube. You look gorgeous too...but you always do,” Applejack replied, bumping her flank against the other mare’s. Rarity blushed.
“Oh, thank you darling,” she said blushing. AJ smirked.
"Takes a lot to get YOU to blush," she said teasingly, leaning in next to Rarity. She swatted the other mare away.
"Really Applejack, you can be so juvenille sometimes," the unicorn said, sounding indignant. Applejack snorted.
"Juvenille, huh?" she asked, giggling. Rarity gave a small "Hmmph!" The pair continued walking down the path leading to the pond in relative silence. As they turned the corner, Applejack spotted the pond over the crest of the hill. She turned to Rarity.
“Race ya!” she said to Rarity as she sped off down the hill. Rarity sputtered.
“Darling, please! We just went to the spa! Slow down! You might break a sweat!” she yelled after the orange mare urgently, trotting down the hill. Applejack reached the edge and gave a running jump into the pond, letting out a small whoop. The unicorn reached the bottom of he hill and stopped at the pond’s edge.
“Have fun swimming, but I’m going to go sit on the bench under the tree over there. When your ready to eat lunch, come join me,” she called to the swimming mare, gave a curt nod, and began to trot off in the direction of the bench.
“C’mon Rarity! It’s just a little water!” Applejack yelled from the pond. Rarity stopped walking and turned around.
“Really Applejack, do you expect me to jump into that dirty, infested pond water right after a spa trip!?” she asked, her face twisted in a repulsive look. AJ raised an eyebrow.
“How the hay is a mud bath cleaner than a pond?” she questioned.
“Well, um...it’s manufactured to rejuvenate your coat and...most likely doesn’t contain harmful microorganisms,” she said fluffing her mane.
“Most pond life is harmless! Seriously Rarity, just jump in the pond,” Applejack replied.
“Why should I?” she asked defiantly. The orange mare sighed.
“For our first date, we both agreed to do one thing you wanted to do, and one thing I wanted to do. You chose a spa trip, and I chose a picnic at the pond after. I put up with your silly spa stuff-”
“Hey!” Rarity interjected.
“-so you have to come swim with me to prove your dedication to this relationship,” Applejack finished, giving Rarity a dignified look.
“Excuse me, isn’t it a little harsh to pull out the ultimatum of proving my dedication to this relationship? Also, we only came here to have lunch,” the unicorn said, sounding hurt.
"Well, you wanted to get a hooficure, so I got a hooficure. I want to swim so you should come swim with me," the earth pony pointed out.
"But I'm hungry now, and I only fully agreed to have a picnic at the lake, so I'm going to eat now. You're welcome to come eat with me when you're ready," Rarity stated, and paused so Applejack could respond.
With that, the mare sighed and started trudging back towards the shore.
“Fine. You got me. Let’s go have lunch first, and I'll come back and swim alone,” she said as she exited the pond and shook the water off her coat. Rarity looked grateful, and went to pick up their picnic basket again.
“Thank you dar- LET GO OF MY LEG APPLEJACK!” she screamed as AJ grabbed her leg and pulled her down to the pond’s edge.
“Put me down! PUT ME DOWN!” Rarity screeched. Applejack grinned as she hauled Rarity onto her back and flipped her into the pond. She followed by giving a “Yee-HAW!” and jumped in the water herself. Rarity came up, coughing and sputtering.
“You monster!” she said as she launched herself at Applejack. Her mission was not successful as the earth pony took the unicorn by the hoof and flipped her underwater. What she didn’t suspect was for her marefriend to swim down to and grab her hind leg and flip HER underwater. A waterlogged Rarity with a malicious look on her face came above the surface as Applejack began planning her next attack from underwater. She dove toward the unicorn and grabbed her around the waist. Rarity gave a yelp and took a short breath before AJ pulled her underwater. The earth pony squeezed her marefriend around the waist and kissed her full on the mouth. Rarity was shocked at first, but eventually melted in to the kiss. The two swam to the surface as soon as they realized that they were out of breath. Rarity gasped for air. Applejack giggled, and the purple maned mare slapped her.
“What was that for?” she yelped.
“You nearly drowned me!” Rarity exclaimed. She then forcefully grabbed Applejack and the two kissed again.
“And that was for?” she asked, a little dazed.
“Everything else,” the unicorn said wistfully. Applejack rolled her eyes.
“Do you realize how cliche that is?” she asked.
“You just killed the moment!” Rarity said angrily.
“Really? Was there a moment?” Applejack teased.
“Oh my goodness Applejack, you should really try shutting up sometime. It’s a very useful skill,” the mare retorted. AJ wrapped her arms around Rarity and gave her another passionate smooch.
“I reckon YOU should try shutting up sometime,” she said looking in the unicorn’s eyes. Rarity giggled.
“Now that I’m dating you, I might like to more often,” she said flirtatiously. Applejack grinned.
“C’mon sugar cube. Let’s have some lunch,” she said. Rarity smirked. The earth pony lifted her out of the water and they both attempted to dry off using only one picnic blanket. After a minute or two, the two mares gave up and settled onto a bench swing under a tree, eating daffodil sandwiches and watching the sun set.
"We should do this more often," Rarity said.
"Certainly, sugar cube," Applejack replied.
Author's Note
Thank you so much for reading! As this is my first story, I hope to improve in my journey of writing here. So please leave a comment letting me know what you liked and/or what I can do better next time. And if you enjoyed the story, give it a thumbs up! I am Vera the Pegasister, signing off, and I look forward to hearing from you.
